keyspace5: THE EXHIBITION

The Exhibition

The digital exhibition space is an artist curated experience. Sitting within the coal transporter - the participants travel up through a custom made escalator viewing local digital artists' work. Learning to become more creative starts from being inspired. By showcasing local artists, it provides a stronger sense of community and allows artists to have a platform to exhibit their work.

This space tackles movement by challenging ways to enter a building. It is only accessible through the Coal Handling shed and exited through the boiler house. It offers an alternate and unexpected way to circulate the site.

Process + Research Gallery

ADMIRE

With technology becoming so integrated with our daily lives, it's no surprise that digital artworks are becoming ever popular. A space to showcase these works in a casual setting can give more opportunities to aspiring artists.

The is circulated through an escalator. It's important to have multiple modes and translation of movement that can cater to all ability types. An individual who is not mobile enough for the gymnasium has this space that they can come to and admire artworks while 'moving'. Having a moving exhibition also creates both challenges and opportunities for the artists. It's a space that challenges the way we both observe and design for exhibitions.

Accessibility Diagram

The exhibition space should cater to all ability and mobility types. Designing a custom made escalator that can allow wheelchair and pram users to fit comfortably is vital.

Experience Diagram

The experience should offer a constant flow of imagery through seamless projections onto the walls of the coal handling shed. The interaction between the aged corrugated iron sheets with the projections create a unique story in iteself.

Japan's Accessible Escalator

This escalator is unique to Japan. It allows wheelchair users to easily navigate between floors without using a lift. The system is operated with 2 staff members - one at the start of the journey and one at the end.

The design of this can be easily modified to allow a more streamlined and seamless operation.

Japan's Accessible Escalator Diagram

The mechanics of this escalator is simple. When a wheelchair mode is in use, the escalator will elevate three platforms to the same height to create a deeper platform to house the depth of a wheelchair.

Through this space, a development of this escalator will be proposed.

Colour Justification

Blue often represents technology and the 'new'. It represents a sense of future when applied to a space. This fits well into a completely digitalised space like the Exhibition Space

Accessibility Diagram

The exhibition space should cater to all ability and mobility types. Designing a custom made escalator that can allow wheelchair and pram users to fit comfortably is vital.

Experience Diagram

Japan's Accessible Escalator

Japan's Accessible Escalator Diagram

Moving Through

This perspective showcases an example of what a digital exhibition could look like as you move through it

Digital Still 1

Example of Aboriginal artist A.Professor Wayne Quilliam's work exhibited on the planes of the space. The work projected directly on the corrugated steel panels creates additional textures and visual interests.

Digital Still 2

Moving Through

This perspective showcases an example of what a digital exhibition could look like as you move through it

Digital Still 1

Digital Still 2

Designing the Escalator

Through the Japanese precedent escalators, it's clear that designing an accessible escalator is possible. So why is it not more common?

The depth and height that the platform requires means that the escalator wont be efficient enough. It will limit the amount of users that can operate it at once (to be specific, the functionality will be reduced by 2/3), hence will not be a financially intelligent investment for most civic spaces.

However, designing one for this exhibition space is perfectly justified. The escalator isn't a high traffic mode of circulation. It is designed to be a slow moving space that allows for observation and admiration of art. Not only that, having a fully accessible and user friendly escalator will promote the inclusivity of the space as well as the mental and emotional wellbeing of users.

Material Palette

Digital exhibition projection screen

6mm thick laminated glass panel for balustrade on escalator

10mm thick blue LED strip lighting recessed into handrail of escalator

Existing corrugated steel panels

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